US1285269A - Window. - Google Patents

Description

E. H. LUNKEN.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1917.

' Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED JULYI3. 1917.

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ATTORNEYS EDMUND H. LUNKEN, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Application filed July 13, 1917. Serial No. 180,382.

;T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND H. LUNKEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to windows of the pocket type wherein the sashes thereof and the screens also, if desired, are adapted to slide up into the pocket or down into the pocket as the case may be. In my Patent No.

1,201,598, I describe a mounting device for the weight cords of pocket windows, and in several pending applications for patent I describe devices for screen arrangement in pocket windows whereby the screens may be moved into the pocket, and wherein standard construction may be followed so far as the size of the frame of the window is concerned, due to the narrowing of the window sashes and the provision ofspecial screens and special screen arrangement.

WVhile it has been thus provided by me, in the development of pocket windows, for the convenient placing and replacement of sash cordsand weights, so as to fully counterbalance window sashes in their movement throughout a pocket and window opening, and for convenient placing of screens into the window and for providing a place for them in the pocket, still the requisite delicacy of the positioning of parts and the close work necessary in the putting of the parts together so as to get both screens and sashes into side stiles of standard width or substantially so, and the chance of poor fitting and carpenter work resulting in sashes and screens that will not slide into the pocket, detracts considerably from the window becoming practical. I

In other pending applications for patent I describe weathering devices for the pocketopening in overhead wall pocket windows, and it can be readily understood that slight errors in carpenter work would render the weathering devices either a block to the operation of the window or inefficient for the desired purpose.

It is accordingly my object in this invention to provide a method of making up and shipping pocket windows which will do away with the necessity of any work being done on the windows themselves, after they once leave the factory.

It is the modern way in installing windows, to order the millwork for the window fr mes and the work for the sashes as separate items. The framekork of the window, including the boxing for the counterbalancing weights and the sill and cap, but excluding the trim, is milled, assembled and shipped to the place of installation. The sashes are milled, assembled and shipped separately, and upon arrival at their destination must be sorted out and placed around the structure in the frames. The frames are usually set in the walls first and the sashes assorted and fitted to them. Then the glazier, usually the same contractor as the painter, is called on to cut and fit the glass lights in the sashes, after which the carpenters hang the sashes in the frames.

' The sashes, frames and glass are quite often ordered from widely separated places, and the work of assortment, fitting and mounting is considerable, and particularly in winter seasons is a cause of great delay in the completionof the buildings, due to other trades waiting on the carpenters and glaziers for the work.

I have found that if the pocket type of window is properly constructed, it can be made into a package for shipment with the sashes, frames, screens and even the glass all assembled and placed, leaving nothing for the contractor on the job to do but to, wall them in. Thus not only is the more or less delicate work on the pocket type window confined to the factory, but the mounting of the window in a building is very much quicker and easier than the usual style window. When it arrives at the point of installation, the whole structure is set into the wall, whereupon the sashes may be pulled down, already counterbalanced and glazed, and even the screens pulled down, if they are needed.

This object, as generally stated, and the advantages thereof, as will be-noted, are accomplished by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the'drawings,

Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view of the parts of a window constructed according to my invention, arranged so as to be viewed from the outside.

Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the window complete and ready for shipment and in stallation.

3 is a front elevation of the window in a wall with the trim thereof dotted in.

Fig. l is a section perspective of the window ready for shipment and installation.

5 is a disassembled perspective of the 11g and protecting boards of the window.

i 6 is a central longitudinal section through the window taken on the line 2, of 'Z.

g. I is a sectional view taken on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 6.

lhe window chosen for illustration of the invention contains two sashes and two screens, with the sashes already glazed. it should be understood that the duplication of screens and sashes and the presence or absence of the glass lights from the windowsare not necessarily essential to the invention.

The. sashes 1, 2, and the screens 3, a, are of any desired structure and as shown are the sashes and screens of my inventions above noted. lhe type of window construction selected for illustration is the ordinary wooden window frame and sash, but it will be readily understood that the construction is equally applicable to windows of metal or other material. For the wooden structure boxing is made up somewhat like the boxing ot the usual window in which there are side stiles 5, 5, running the length of the structure, cap boards 6, and sills The sills and cap boards are suitably milled to receive the stiles and other parts making up the weight boxes. Beside the stiles, the weight boxes comprise the front and back boards 8 and 9, and the outside boards 10. The boards 8 and 9 only extend as tar as the ordinary window framework, but the boards 10 and the side stiles extend the whole length of the structure and are secured to the caps and sill-s.

Across the space between the ends of the boards 10 and stiles 5 is set the outside pocket board ll which closes off the pocket at one side, and at the other side is preterhly set a piece of corrugated metal 12, this cce being supplemented by a cross board beneath it. The metal sheet is well callated to receive the plastering of the inside a' of the room, and together with t cross board closes off the wall pocket on the inside. it should be noted that those covers serve not only for the pocket, but also for the weight boxes, since it will be reincn'zbered that the front and back boards of the weight boxes terminate as at the top of a normal window. It should also be noted that the plaster receiving material and sheathing 11 should be interchangeable and capable of use on either side of the pocket, the purpose being to provide a pocket cover ing adapted to serve an insert in the inner walls of the building.

The wall pocket space formed by the structure now described must be ot a size to re ceive the sashes and the screens, so that they an be moved up into them, out of view altogether except at the bottom.

On the side stiles are the usual parting beads 1% and the channel guides 15 for the screens. These extend the length of the window opening and the pocket, and on the stiles are set the pulley mounts 16 for the counterbalancing weight. These pulley mounts are those of my Patent No. 1,201,598, above referred to. Suitabl sash cords extend from the sashes over the pulley devices and down into the weight boxes where they are secured to the counter-balancing weights 17, 17.

According to my invention, a window con structed as above is made u 2 at the factory complete, except for the outside trim that is to be puton at the point of installation and which is usually of some special wood to go with the remainder of the woodwork. When complete and the operation has been fully tested, with the sashes glazed and counterbalanced properly and the screens set and movable freely, the sashes and screens are pushed up into the pocket. To fill up the weight boxes so as to better fit the weights, boards 8 are set into the inside of said boxes. The pocket being of the size to receive them they will be entirely out of the way of chance injury, and the glass, it used, will be fully protected. The sash weights are then bolted into place as follows: The outside or back boards of the weight boxes are bored with holes 18, 18, and a bolt 20 passed through them, so as to pick up and hold the weights, the weights having holes 19. 19, bored in them for this purpose. The Iorward or inside weights have their holes screwthrczuled to receive the bolts as at 19. Thus the bolt will draw both weights up against the back board of the boxes a nd. hold them fast in place.

Four boards are then placed inside the remaining opening of the window structure. The top board 21 closes oil the opening into the pocket and holds the sash and screen firmly up against the top or cap of the frame. The side boards 22, are grooved at 2%, to pass over the sash parting strip and the screen channel and protect them, and the bottomboard :26 lies over the sill and protects it. The top board has its edges.

groored at to engage orer the parting strip and screen channel and the whole arrangement of four pieces may be secured in place with a few nails, although they will almost stay in place without them if a tight fit.

A complete package is then ready for shipment and installation. The sashes and screens are inside of the wall pocket and fully protected, the side stiles are fully covered and protected, the glass, even, may be in place in the sash. No parts are exposed except parts which will be concealed by the trim of the window opening which is put on after installation in all kinds of windows.

The window when at its destination can be set into the wall and secured in place like any usual skeleton frame. The trim 27 (Fig. 3) may then be put in place when desired. Once the window is set, all the contractor need do is to withdraw the bolts that lock the weights, knock off the four cover boards, and pull down the sashes and screens.

Such details as sash locks and lifts can be furnished also by the window manufacturer, and they may be wired or tacked in place on one of the lower sash rails before closing up the sashes in the pocket.

The unitary weight boxes running the length of the window, the pulley mount at the top of the weight boxes, the pocket of a size to entirely receive the sashes and, if desired, the screens, the completely inclosed pocket built in with the weight boxes, all permit of this new departure in window building, shipment, and installation. The

various devices of my co-pending applications and my patent above referred to are made practical by this new invention which relates to the packaging of a window for shipment and installation, as well as to windows which are capable of being so packed and installed.

In the illustrations of my window package I have not shown either the outside hanging stile for brick or the outside casing for frame buildings, as it is evident that veither can be easily attached as required,

and the window package can be shipped with or without these parts.

It should be noted that the cover boards for the pocket are constructed so that they preferably leave a space at each side for securing the inside wall covering or the outside sheathing to the frame of the pocket (Figs. 2 and a). The same result may be obtained by making the outside members 10 of the weight box portions of double thickness, so that there is a projecting wooden piece to which the wall material may be secured, of which the pocket coverings form an insert (Fig. 7). The double thickness piece runs the length of the window and facilitates the securing of the inner and outer wall material below the pocket alongside of the window opening. In brick walls the inner walls would be thus inside the outer layer or course of brick. By inner walls of a building is meant the inside parts or sections of a wall that in the completed structure cover up and conceal the inserted pocket from either the inside or the outside. Stucco or wallboard or paper would thus cover up and conceal the wall pocket structure just as in wooden structures the sheathing or plaster retaining walls do.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with a wall pocket portion at one end thereof, adapted to receive the sash, a sash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of the pocket of a material adapted for insertion in the inner walls of a desired structure, as described.

2. A pocket Window package prepared for shipment and installation as shipped, with the sashes thereof held in place in the pocket of the window, and the pocket completely inclosed, one of its closures comprising a piece of finish receiving material.

3. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with a wall pocket portion at one end thereof, adapted to receive the sash, a sash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of the pocket of a material adapted for insertion in the inner walls of a desired structure, comprising at least in part a plaster receiving material.

4:. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with a wall pocket portion at one end thereof of a size to receive the sash, a sash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of the pocket adapted to serve as a package closure for the sash for shipment and a permanent pocket closure when inserted in the building structure.

5. A window package comprising a fram having a window opening, with a wall pocket portion at one end thereof of a size to receive the sash, a sash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of the pocket adapted to serve as a package closure for the sash for shipment and a permanent pocket closure when inserted in the building structure, and strips forming a protecting frame and closing the sides of the window opening for shipment and adapted to be removed upon the insertion of the window package in the walls of the building.

EDMUND H. LUNKEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

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